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Backcountry Hunting Podcast

Backcountry Bipods & Tripods with Spartan Precision

Backcountry Hunting Podcast

Joseph von Benedikt

Backcountry, Rifle, Deer, Podcast, Elk, Mountain, Sports, Hunt, Wilderness, Cartridge, Hunting

4.91.1K Ratings

🗓️ 31 January 2020

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

SHOW NOTES

NEW "BACKCOUNTRY APPRENTICE" SEGMENT! Listen for this 2-minute skills and how-to section presented by the host's favorite hunting partner (age 9).

• Interview with Spartan Precision's founder Rob Gearing

• Spartan 5-oz. bipods and why they work so well

• Mountaineering tripods, trekking poles, and ultralight tents

• Construction: Machined aluminum & carbon fiber

• Made in the U.K.

• Bow stabilizers and backcountry tool kits

• Longbows & the tremendous ability of Great Britain's yeomen

• Why we hunt the backcountry

RESOURCES

Spartan Precision Equipment

Javelin Lite bipod

Javelin Pro Hunt bipod

Sentinel Tripod system

Davros Tripod Head

Spartan bipod/tripod rifle mount adaptors

Spartan Carbonlite $650 tent

Spartan Green Genie $350 tent

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to the show today folks. We've got Rob Gearing of Spartan Precision back with us today and

0:06.4

we're going to go over a few of the companies very innovative and cool new products and talk about how they can help you make

0:16.7

precise shots in the field from just about any position in any condition including some longer shots. Now I don't know if you

0:26.1

remember if you've listened to this before but we recorded an episode early on in this

0:31.2

podcast and discussed some of the really good ultra-lightweight carbon

0:37.2

fiber and machined aluminum bipods that Rob and his fantastic crew in the United Kingdom produce there in my opinion I've said

0:45.2

this before I'll say it again I think they're the best of their type for backcountry

0:49.5

hunters at any rate delighted to have you back on the show today, my friend.

0:54.0

Well, I'm delighted to be here, Joseph.

0:56.0

Always a pleasure to meet up with you.

0:58.0

Yeah.

0:59.0

And we're currently recording in a little semi-quiet room nearby the shot show in Las Vegas.

1:05.7

The show is winding to a close and we're both relieved to just sit down and visit for a little

1:11.9

bit. I noticed your booth is teeming with people every time I've walked past it.

1:16.3

It's been a huge success for us. The business is very young. We're five years old and I literally five years ago I started on a table this size

1:28.1

Joseph and for you listeners the table is pretty small probably about four foot by two foot,

1:33.6

with a piece of that green plastic grass

1:36.5

and a couple of rocks I bought back from Norway.

1:39.1

And that was at the British Shooting Show in January 2015. So we launched then and we arrive at the

1:46.7

Shot show with our little crew and we are still a tiny little crew of people just

1:50.8

eight of us and outside the shot show on the

1:53.7

SIG the big posters they've got on the entrance there's the Spartan gear on

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